Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Hebrews 4:9
Therefore — Since he still speaks of another day, there must remain a farther, even an eternal, rest for the people of God.
Therefore — Since he still speaks of another day, there must remain a farther, even an eternal, rest for the people of God.
Verse Hebrews 4:9. _THERE, REMAINETH THEREFORE A REST TO THE PEOPLE OF_ _God._] It was not, 1. The rest of the _Sabbath_; it was not, 2. The _rest_ in the _promised land_, for the psalmist wrote lo...
THERE REMAINETH, THEREFORE, A REST - This is the conclusion to which the apostle comes. The meaning is this, that according to the Scriptures there is “now” a promise of rest made to the people of God...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. What the rest of God is (Hebrews 4:1)_ 2. The power of the Word of God (Hebrews 4:12) Hebrews 4:1 “Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into His rest, any on...
HEBREWS 4:1 continues the exposition of Psalms 95. The writer has already dealt with the warning contained therein; now he shows that this very warning implies a promise. In declaring that His rest is...
THE REST WE DARE NOT MISS (Hebrews 4:1-10)...
It is true that the promise which offers entry into the rest of God still remains for us; but beware lest any of you be adjudged to have missed it. It is indeed true that we have had the good news pre...
REST. a Rest Day. i.e. the great day of "rest" under the rule of the great "Priest (King) upon His throne". See Zechariah 6:13. Greek. _sabbatismos._ Only here. The verb _sabbatizo,_ to keep sabbath,...
_There remaineth therefore a rest_ Since the word used for "rest" is here a different word (_sabbatismos_) from that which has been used through the earlier part of the argument (_katapausis_), it is...
CONTINUED EXHORTATION TO EMBRACE THE YET OPEN OFFER OF GOD’S REST...
CH. 4. CONTINUED EXHORTATION TO EMBRACE THE YET OPEN OFFER OF GOD’S REST (1–13). EXHORTATION FOUNDED ON THE HIGH PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST (14–16)...
ἌΡΑ. In classical Greek ἄρα can never occupy the first place in a clause, but this rule is frequently violated in the N.T. (Luke 11:48; Romans 10:17, &c.); and, indeed, in Hellenistic Greek the delica...
_GREAT MOTIVATION FOR SERVING GOD -- HEBREWS 4:9-13:_ We must take heed to live our lives by the word of God, or doctrine of Jesus Christ. The gospel will quickly find you out if you are guilty of dis...
АРА (G686) так что. Это вывод из предыдущей темы, ΑΠΟΛΕΊΠΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. pass. от_ ΑΠΟΛΕΊΠΩ, _см._ Hebrews 4:6. ΣΑΒΒΑΤΙΣΜΌΣ (G4520) субботний отдых. Этот термин определяет определенный момент радо...
DISCOURSE: 2283 THE REST THAT REMAINS FOR GOD’S PEOPLE Hebrews 4:9. _There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God_. THE servants of God possess many distinguished privileges. Their state in...
THERE REMAINETH THEREFORE A REST— The word hitherto used for _rest_ had been καταπαυσιν, _cessation from labour:_ here a new term is introduced σαββατισμος, such a rest as was proper to the seventh da...
_Conclusions from the above premises. Hebrews 4:9-10_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 4:9-10 Hebrews 4:9 There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God....
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO JOSHUA. (Hebrews 4:3-10) There has been so much confusion in the minds of commentators, so many conflicting interpretations of Hebrews 4 in the past, that we deem it the more neces...
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. REMAINETH - still to be realized by the "some (who) must enter therein" (Hebrews 4:6); i:e., "the people of God," the true Israel, who enter i...
7 The Hebrew of Psa_95:7-11 reads ''as at Meribah" and "the day of Massah", and the passage refers to the twentieth of Numbers. The quotation substitutes their meanings. Meribah is "contention," or "b...
JESUS CHRIST, GIVER OR THE PROMISED REST, AND HIGH PRIEST TO BEING MEN TO GOD 1-13. Israel through unbelief failed to enter into the promised rest. The rest, therefore, remains open and a promise of...
A REST] RV' a sabbath rest.' The rest that remaineth is also of a different character from the rest of Canaan. It is God's rest, a holy and eternal satisfaction....
THE SUPREMACY OF CHRIST. The OT. itself testifies to His supremacy as God's Son over its own chief personages: (a) first the angels, through whom the Jews believed that creation had been effected and...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 WARNING TO OBEY 3:7-4:2 4V1 The same promise of entering the place of God's rest is still there for us. We should be afraid that some...
THERE REMAINETH THEREFORE. — Or, _therefore there is_ (still) _left:_ the word is the same as in Hebrews 4:6. It is tacitly assumed that no subsequent fulfilment has altered the relation of the promis...
CHAPTER III. FUNDAMENTAL ONENESS OF THE DISPENSATIONS. Hebrews 3:1 - Hebrews 4:13 (R.V.). "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High-priest of our conf...
to Hebrews 4:13. Chapter s 3 and 4 as far as Hebrews 3:13, form one paragraph. The purpose of the writer in this passage, as in the whole Epistle, is to encourage his readers in their allegiance to Ch...
THE REST THAT JOSHUA COULD NOT GIVE Hebrews 4:1 The good news of Canaan's rest was preached to Israel but availed nothing, because the hearers were destitute of faith. They said, _Can God_ ? instead...
The picture of the whole generation who perished in the wilderness is brought to mind, and the question is, What did they lack, and why did they perish? They did not lack the message of "good tidings....
PURSUING GOD'S REST Then, over and above the types of rest found under the old covenant, there remains a promise of God's rest for those who are obedient (Hebrews 4:9-10). This rest was spoken of by J...
(4) Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. (2) For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the w...
The epistle to the Hebrews differs in some important respects from all those which have been before us; so much so that many have questioned whether it be the writing of the apostle Paul, of Apollos,...
The apostle goes on to apply this part of Israel's history to those whom he was addressing, laying stress on two points:1st, That Israel had failed of entering into rest, through unbelief; 2nd, That t...
Ver. 9 THERE REMAINETH THEREFORE A REST FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD.] Not all mankind; nor the people of the Jews only; rather the people of God, both Jews and Gentiles, under the New Testament; the people...
Having passed through his testimonies and arguments, the apostle in this and the following verse lays down both what he hath evinced in his whole disputation, as also the general foundation of it, in...
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. Ver. 9. _A rest to the people of God_] Gr. A sabbatism, an eternal rest, a sabbath that hath neither evening,Genesis 2:2, nor labour, Revelation...
HEB. 4:9. THERE REMAINETH THEREFORE A REST TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD. The series of sermons on "The Perpetuity and Change of the Sabbath" cite this text: The Sabbath is a day of rest; God hath appointed...
_There remaineth therefore a rest_, &c. Since neither of the two former rests is intended by David, and there was no new rest for the people to enter into in the days of David, and the psalm wherein t...
THEREFORE; as the certain conclusion from the above-mentioned facts, the rest spoken of by God is one which is spiritual and future; the keeping of an eternal Sabbath, a holy, blessed rest in heaven....
THERE REMAINETH THEREFORE A REST TO THE PEOPLE OF GOD....
The rest remaining to the people of God:...
"Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it." This admonition is a continuation of Ch. 3. The promise has been left us,...
REST: Or, keeping of a Sabbath...
1-10 The privileges we have under the gospel, are greater than any had under the law of Moses, though the same gospel for substance was preached under both Testaments. There have been in all ages man...
Here the Spirit concludes from his former proofs, that there is a more excellent rest revealed to faith in the gospel, which is remaining, future, and to come, and will surely and most certainly do so...
Hebrews 4:9 remains G620 (G5743) therefore G686 rest G4520 people G2992 God G2316 remains - Hebrews 4
Hebrews 4:1-11. TO understand the force of the reasoning of these verses, and the naturalness of the different interpretations of the Psalm which the Apostle is explaining, note that ‘ MY REST ' is pr...
Hebrews 4:9. THEREFORE THERE REMAINS (still unrealized in any rest that Israel then enjoyed) A SACRED REST, A SABBATH-REST (the word is now changed), FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD. The name here given, ‘THE P...
A SABBATH REST (σαββατισμος). Late word from σαββατιζω (Exodus 16:30) to keep the Sabbath, apparently coined by the author (a doubtful passage in Plutarch). Here it is parallel with καταπαυσις (cf....
REST Or, keeping of a sabbath....
Hebrews 4:1 Fear and Rest. I. The worldly man neither fears nor loves God. He sometimes imagines he loves God, because he is not afraid, because he is not awed by the holy majesty of God, and does no...
Hebrews 4:9 The Earthly Sabbath: a Type of the Heavenly. I. The heavenly blessedness is Sabbath blessedness, because it includes rest. The fundamental idea of the Sabbath is rest; and this is the ide...
Hebrews 4:9 Entrance into God's Rest. We have here: I. The Divine rest: "He hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His." (1) Rest belongs necessarily to the Divine nature. It is the deep tr...
Hebrews 4:1. _Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest any of you should seem to come short of it._ Not only dread coming short, but dread the very appearance of...
Hebrews 4:1. _Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it._ If you avoid the very seeming of it, you will avoid the thin...
CONTENTS: The better rest for the believer. The perfect work of redemption. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, David. CONCLUSION: The privileges by Christ under the Gospel are far greater than those enjoyed un...
Hebrews 4:1. _Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it._ This caution is repeated from the preseding chapter, but the r...
THERE STILL REMAINS. "Since neither the Sabbath nor Canaan made God's promise come true, it still remains for God's people to receive this _rest_....
_There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God_ THE REST FOR GOD’S PEOPLE I. THE PERSONS FOR WHOM THIS REST IS DESIGNED. “The people of God.” 1. By their eternal election of the Father (Rom...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 4:1 Continuing to use Psalms 95:1, the author focuses on the word “rest.” The section makes most sense if the rest is understood as having begun but still awaiting completion.
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 4:8 FOR IF JOSHUA HAD GIVEN THEM REST. One could conceivably argue that the “rest” that the exodus generation sought was their entrance into the Promised Land. However, that en...
SOUL-REST _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THIS chapter should not have been separated from the previous one, as it is a continuation of the hortatory passage. There is, however, a break in the treat...
EXPOSITION A REST STILL OFFERED TO CHRISTIANS. HEBREWS 4:1 LET US FEAR, THEREFORE, LEST, A PROMISE BEING STILL LEFT OF ENTERING INTO HIS REST, ANY ONE OF YOU SHOULD SEEM TO HAVE COME SHORT. This ve...
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it (Hebrews 4:1). As you look at your own heart tonight, is it at rest? Have you...
1 Peter 2:10; Hebrews 11:25; Hebrews 3:11; Hebrews 4:1; Hebrews 4:3;...
There remaineth therefore a rest [α ρ α α π ο λ ε ι π ε τ α ι σ α β β α τ ι σ μ ο ς]. Remaineth, since in the days of neither Moses, Joshua, or David was the rest appropriated. He passes over the fact...
LET US Hebrews 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Every book in the Bible is correlated with every other book. The Bible is a perfect whole. No book can be taken away without its unity and continuity being bro...
From the foregoing premises the apostle draws this conclusion, That there remaineth yet. more glorious, perfect, and complete rest, for the people of God. Observe here, 1. Something implied, namely, T...